On 22nd October, The Earl of Oxford and Asquith
was elected to replace Lord Methuen. Viscount Allenby of Megiddo died on 3rd
October, 2014 and in addition Lord Cobbold retired under Section 1 of the House
of Lords Reform Act 2014. Lord Russell of Liverpool and the Duke of
Somerset were elected on 10th December, to fill the vacancies so created.

Subsequently, Lord Chorley and Lady Saltoun of Abernethy have resigned and
a further by-election was held on 3rd February. The electors were the
previously elected Cross Bench peers and the successful candidates were Lord
Thurlow and the Earl of Kinnoull.

Recent
By-elections

The
following By-elections
to the House of Lords under Standing Order 10 have taken place:

Year
Died
Elected

2005
Lord
Burnham
Lord de Mauley (Con)

Lord Aberdare
Viscount Eccles (Con)

Baroness
Strange
Viscount Montgomery (XB)

2007
Lord Mowbray
Earl Cathcart (Con)

2008
Baroness Darcy de Knayth Earl of
Stair (XB)

2009
Viscount Bledisloe
Lord Aberdare

2010
The Earl of Northesk
Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)

Viscount Colville of Culross The Earl
of Clancarty (XB)

2011
Lord Strabogli
Viscount Hanworth

Lord
Monson
Earl of Lytton

Earl of
Onslow
Viscount Colville of Culross

Lord Ampthill
Lord Ashton of Hyde

2013
Earl Ferrers
Viscount Ridley

Lord Reay
Lord Borwick

2014
Lord
Moran
Lord Cromwell

Lord Methuen
The Earl of Oxford and Asquith

Viscount Allenby
Lord Russell of Liverpool

Resigned
Elected

2014
Lord Cobbold
The Duke of Somerset

Lord Chorley
Lord Thurlow

Lady Saltoun of Abernethy Earl
of Kinnoull

Roll
of the Peerage

As
your lordships will be aware, the
Royal Warrant establishing the Roll of the Peerage was signed on 1st June, 2004.
The Roll is now maintained by the Registrar, Ian Denyer in the Crown Office,
House of Lords.

The Roll
covers
all peerages, including Irish peers and Life peers. Any peer who was not in
receipt of a Writ of Summons prior to November 1999, should ssek to be inscribed
on the Roll of the Peerage. Concurrently they may apply, if they so wish, to be
placed on the list of those peers wishingto seek admission to the House of Lords
through the by-election process.

In
order to be placed on the Roll peers should apply to the Crown Office. That page gives links to the Guidance Notes and forms of
declaration required to be entered on the Roll of the Peerage.

Clearly, it is in the interests of all
peers and the peerage as an institution, that it should be possible to easily
verify that any individual styling himself a peer is properly entitled so to do. The Roll
of the Peerage facilitates such verification.

It is therefore essential that persons
inheriting a peerage seek to be inscribed on the Roll of the Peerage as soon as
possible. While those who do not do so may call themselves by their titles
immediately upon succession and may find themselves listed in Debretts or
Burkes, these are commercial and not official publications. Technically, no peer
who has not been inscribed on the Roll will be addressed by any Government
officer or department other than as "Mr.", and the Passport Office
should not show his title on any passport until he has been so inscribed.

The Windsor Herald at Arms, Mr William
Hunt, at the College of Arms (020 7320 8755) advises that all peers should
ensure that their succession pedigree should be placed on record at the College
to ensure that their heirs can succeed to their titles with due speed and
minimum inconvenience.